Set in what is now Crimea, Euripides’ tragedy Iphigeneia among the Taurians dramatizes a tale of human sacrifice, family loyalty and daring escape as Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigeneia is reunited with her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades. This volume in the Cambridge ‘green and yellow’ series comprises an edition of the Greek text, a line-by-line commentary on linguistic and interpretative matters and an introduction covering the play’s themes and influence.
Euripides' Iphigeneia among the Taurians has been a popular and influential text from antiquity onwards. It is a suspenseful drama set on the Black Sea coast in what is now Crimea, which explores themes of family loyalty, Greeks and barbarians, and the nature of the gods. The plot combines an unrecognised meeting between Iphigeneia, now a priestess of Artemis among the Taurians, and her brother Orestes, who with his friend Pylades has been captured and brought to her for sacrifice, with an exciting escape attempt for all three, ultimately brought about by divine intervention. This edition includes a full Introduction to the literary and production aspects of the play, while the Commentary elucidates problems of language as well as interpretation. These combine to make the play fully accessible to intermediate-level undergraduates and graduate students wishing to read it in the original Greek.
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